For this: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook I’ve seen quite a few clips of Stewart lately that show some good sense and some moxie. I’ve always thought he … Continue reading →
John Fund points out that Lois Lerner has a pre-IRS history of overseeing the same sort of abuses she supervised when she later came to the IRS: Conservatives have long tangled with Lerner, who was director of enforcement at the … Continue reading →
…that Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights. Hmmm. Much more here. Discussion of the law here, and in the comments thereafter.
Continue reading →The Obama administration appear to be honing in on a fall guy (girl; gal; woman). It’s Kathryn Ruemmler, White House Counsel, supposedly responsible for hampering disclosures on both Benghazi and the IRS targeting case. A twofer. White House Counsel, White … Continue reading →
In a move that was absolutely no surprise at all, the IRS’s Lois Lerner took the Fifth today. What does it mean?: It’s doubtful that any prosecution of Lerner could be based on her disgraceful conduct in allowing the targeting … Continue reading →
Here’s why. Please read it, and send it out to other people you think should read it. Don’t forget your liberal friends, if they are at all amenable to actually reading something you might send them (I’ve worn out my … Continue reading →
There are many ways to influence people or an organization, so in investigating the IRS audits of conservative groups, although it would be convincing (and legally determinative) to find a secret tape or a secret email from Obama ordering the … Continue reading →
Because, despite the president’s feigned outrage about what the IRS did, the White House’s message is that the IRS abuses don’t constitute a “real” scandal. Excuse me—an “actual real scandal”: “What would be an actual real scandal in Washington would … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer on IRS chief Steven Miller’s testimony that the special targeting of conservative groups was not a political action: You’ve got to be a knave or a fool to say that and you have to be an idiot to … Continue reading →
William A. Jacobsen connects some dots: The election of 2012 was tainted by All the President’s Concealers. [ADDENDUM: John Hinderaker at Powerline muses on some related issues. I’m with Hinderaker on this; although we’ll never really know, I don’t think … Continue reading →
The last week or so has been filled with so much news that I can hardly keep up despite spending a ton of time reading and listening and thinking. You probably feel the same way. And yet I know—I am … Continue reading →
Gallup headline: “Americans’ Attention to IRS, Benghazi Stories Below Average.” Ho-hum, says America. Or does it? When I looked at the actual figures, they weren’t quite as bad as I had originally thought from reading the headline. In fact, slight … Continue reading →